I had a Droid and a Droid 3. It felt like after a year of use it would start running slower and the battery wouldn't hold a fraction of a charge that it used to. After 18 months they were almost unusable (coincidentally that was about the time Verizon would offer me an upgrade). Now I have a OnePlus phone that I purchased two years ago. As far as I can tell it runs as well as day one. I'm not sure if the Motorola phones were crap or if it is a matter of forced obsolescence, but I have almost no desire to upgrade my phone.
I posed a question on social media recently asking if deleting an Ebook is akin to book burning. Very few saw a parallel. Most were appalled at the idea of burning a book but had no problem with deleting an Ebook. The reason they would not burn a book but were ok with deleting an Ebook? Not for the preservation of knowledge, not for passing on history, not for any other archeological reason. Just because they had a sentimental connection via their senses, the touch, the smell.
As long as I have the option to take manual control at any time, I would LOVE a self driving car. I took mass transit for a year and LOVED being able to divert my attention away from where I was going for the duration. Reading, sleeping, or whatever would go over great in my self driving car. Like I said, as long as I can take over manually whenever I want.
Go to a consistently red state and interview the voters. Ask them two questions:
1. Do you want the government to have the power and control to intervene in private services and cut them off as they see fit?
2. Do you want the military to be able to take control of the internet in case of terrists attacks?
As a follow up, ask them why their answers to the two questions contradict.
A majority of the population doesn't know what it wants.
The last job I worked at was like Netflix but catered to a conservative Christian demographic. The most commonly used passwords were: movies, 123456, popcorn, [the company's name], jesus1.
I remember you could do a trick in Sim City for the SNES where you would pan and move the cursor at the same time, and if you released the button at just the right time the cursor would go off the map. Go far enough off the map and you would find a mutant version of your original map that you could manipulate.
According to the official 2001 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000, George W. Bush beat Al Gore in Florida by 543 votes.
"Twelve percent of Florida Democrats (over 200,000) voted for Republican George Bush" -San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 9, 2000
Yeah, blame it all on Dems who voted for Nader. Let's NOT give a tongue lashing to the Dems who voted for Bush in FL.
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I had a Droid and a Droid 3. It felt like after a year of use it would start running slower and the battery wouldn't hold a fraction of a charge that it used to. After 18 months they were almost unusable (coincidentally that was about the time Verizon would offer me an upgrade). Now I have a OnePlus phone that I purchased two years ago. As far as I can tell it runs as well as day one. I'm not sure if the Motorola phones were crap or if it is a matter of forced obsolescence, but I have almost no desire to upgrade my phone.
Anyone working at a dog food or glue factory knows you can still make money on a dead horse. http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/4fd903b8ecad04a60a000014-960/chart-of-the-day-aol-vs-the-rest-june-2012.jpg
...yet.
I posed a question on social media recently asking if deleting an Ebook is akin to book burning. Very few saw a parallel. Most were appalled at the idea of burning a book but had no problem with deleting an Ebook. The reason they would not burn a book but were ok with deleting an Ebook? Not for the preservation of knowledge, not for passing on history, not for any other archeological reason. Just because they had a sentimental connection via their senses, the touch, the smell.
Why so gloomy sounding? Why can't it be called A Mix Of All Colors Friday?
YORKidding, right?
No candy reference? I expect more from the brainiac Nerds that visit this site!
When iOS7 caused trouble for iPhone users, I heard audible Snickers.
As long as I have the option to take manual control at any time, I would LOVE a self driving car. I took mass transit for a year and LOVED being able to divert my attention away from where I was going for the duration. Reading, sleeping, or whatever would go over great in my self driving car. Like I said, as long as I can take over manually whenever I want.
I need more. Between videos, pictures, music and podcasts I am regularly looking for things to offload to my computer. Never assume enough is enough.
I would love to see the Conservapedia.com article on this project.
Farmville has nothing to do with this story. Why include that line?
A flock of birds have been seen slamming themselves into the EA headquarters. One witness strangely described them as being "angry".
Go to a consistently red state and interview the voters. Ask them two questions:
1. Do you want the government to have the power and control to intervene in private services and cut them off as they see fit?
2. Do you want the military to be able to take control of the internet in case of terrists attacks?
As a follow up, ask them why their answers to the two questions contradict.
A majority of the population doesn't know what it wants.
The last job I worked at was like Netflix but catered to a conservative Christian demographic. The most commonly used passwords were: movies, 123456, popcorn, [the company's name], jesus1.
And good riddance!
Galileo is not impressed.
One column is the Seed and one is the Leech.
Unless I already paid for a game that I lost.
So if I call in to opt out, does that put me on their traffic watch list?
You have put much more thought into this than anyone I have ever heard say it. Thank you for being able to explain what you say!
Does anyone know how I can contact this company? I am a collector of solar power patents and I simply MUST have this one! = )
Same difference.
(Which is a phrase I never understood. If two things are different in the same way, aren't they not different but instead similar?)
I remember you could do a trick in Sim City for the SNES where you would pan and move the cursor at the same time, and if you released the button at just the right time the cursor would go off the map. Go far enough off the map and you would find a mutant version of your original map that you could manipulate.
According to the official 2001 Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000, George W. Bush beat Al Gore in Florida by 543 votes.
"Twelve percent of Florida Democrats (over 200,000) voted for Republican George Bush"
-San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 9, 2000
Yeah, blame it all on Dems who voted for Nader. Let's NOT give a tongue lashing to the Dems who voted for Bush in FL.